Amend the bill in section 1 in §90-E by striking out all of subsection 3 and inserting the following:

Amend the bill in section 1 in §90-E in subsection 4 in the first paragraph in the first line (page 6, line 7 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " section" and inserting the following: ' subsection'

Amend the bill in section 1 in §90-E in subsection 4 in paragraph B in the first line (page 6, line 21 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " section" and inserting the following: ' subsection'

Amend the bill in section 1 in §90-E in subsection 4 in paragraph C in the first line (page 6, line 30 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " section" and inserting the following: ' subsection' and in the 2nd line (page 6, line 31 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " section" and inserting the following: ' subsection'

Amend the bill in section 1 in §90-E in subsection 4 in paragraph E in the 2nd line (page 7, line 7 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " in which the financing statement record is presented for filing"

Amend the bill in section 1 in §90-E in subsection 4 in paragraph F in the first line (page 7, line 9 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " section" and inserting the following: ' subsection'

Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following:

summary

This amendment establishes a separate crime in the Maine Criminal Code of falsely filing a recordable instrument as a Class D crime. This new crime addresses the problem of persons filing false or spurious documents in public registries, such as those maintained by the registries of deeds or probate and the Office of the Secretary of State, with the intent to defraud, harass or intimidate. This amendment amends the bill to cross-reference the new crime, rather than establishing the crime in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5.

This amendment corrects internal references to remedies available.